Blotter



June 23, 1925.

R. H. BINNS BLOTTER Filqd pril 30. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet June 23, 1925.

R. H. BINNS BLOTTER Filed April 30, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet M ATTORNEY Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITEDFS' IA'TES" TENT oFFlcE.

RALPH H; BINNS, on NEW YonmN. Y.

BLo'r'rEn.

Application filed April 30, 1923. Serial No. 635,417.

To all/whom it may concern:

Be ,it known that I, RALPH Bums, a citizen of the United States, New York, in the county of New residing at York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in; Blotters,

ofwhich the following is-a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledv 'n the art to which make and use the same.

it appertains to My invention has reference to a blotter,

and aims to provide a devic ter, which will nection with a e of this characbe particularly useful in con desk set, and which will pre sent an, extremely neat appearance in that the blotter may be manufactured of a material of the same type as that of which the desk set is constructed.

It is a further ObjjBGflOf the invention to provide a hand blotter capable of being constructed of'metal, and which may be shaped to formthe blotter partsby means of thus permitting of the manstamp operation,

ufacture of this article at a nominal figure.

A still further object of the present inventhat of constructing a device of the tion is' type aforementioned,with which a blotting material may be readily associated, or from which said material may readily be removed; the construction of this device being such, however, rial is disposed 1n operativ that when the blotting matee relation to the said device, no movement of these parts with respect to one another will occur.

Another object of providing a blotter adapted the invention is that of to be grasped by the hand of the operator, and with which a blotting element will be ass ment being so disposed on ociated, this elethe article that an ample blotting surface will be. presented,

so that there is no danger surface which is being blott Still another object. of -th that of presenting a device of smearing the ed. r

's invention is of the character described, which may be more readily manipulated to performa blotting operation, than blotters as heretofore constructed. Other objects of, the invention will be in part obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties, and .the ments which will be exe article hereinafter describe relation of elemplified in the dand the scope a dieassociated with said cover.

same broken away to disclose the overlying structure; 7 Fig. 2 is a top ter, and also showing certain of the parts broken away to disclose the underlying structure; j

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view takenon the lines 3-3 and in the direction of the arrows in Figs. 1 and 5.; i .Fig. 4 is an end view of an element which forms a part of the device aforementioned;

' Figs. 5 and 6 are partly sectional, bottom and top plan viewsrespectively of another form of blotter and illustrating certain of the partsv as broken away to disclose the construction of other of the parts beyond the same; i I Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of a still further type of blotter embodying theimprovcd construction of the invention;

Fig. .8 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 9 is a still further form of the invention; and

Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

It will be seen in all these views that the blotter includes a cover or blotter carrier 10, which has its diametrically opposite edges inturned as at 11, to provide grooves 12,

these grooves acting as hereinafter described to retain a blotting member properly Attention being invited to Figs. 1 to 6, it

,will be seen that this retention is accomplished by utilizing a plate 13, which is of a width slightly less than the distancebetween the base ofthe opposed grooves'12, so that the plate may readily be brought to a position at which its edges are housed within these grooves, the central portion of the plate aforementioned being thickened in any suitable manner, suchas for example by attaching a supplemental plate 14 to one of its faces, the thickness of this latter portion being substantially equalto the thickness of plan view of the said blotthe blotting member which is utilized. It is here to be noted that those edges of the thickened portion which lie adjacent to the inturned edges of the cover 10, terminate in a plane short of these latteredges, this construction being particularly apparent in Fig. 3. At points beyond the thickened portion of the plate, this member is bent 1nwardly so that its edges are offset, as has been indicated at 14', toan amount substantially equal to the depth ofthe thickened portion, so that when the plate is associated with the cover, the body of the former will have its outer face lying in substantially the same plane as the outer faces of the inturned edge portions 11.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the cover has been shown as having its inturned edges extending longitudinally of its body, and accordingly the offset edges of the plate 13 in this instance also. extending longitudinally of its body. In the views referred to, it is preferred to recess or notch the ends of the thickened portion, as has been indicated at 15, and the plate 13 may have teeth 16 struck u within the spaces thus provided. In assem i-ng the parts the ends of a blotting member 17 are out to substantially conform to the shape of these recesses or notches, and are brought to extend within the same, the body of the blotting member bearing against the outer face of the plate 13'.

In the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6, which illustrate substantially a reversal of the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the inturned edges of the cover are provided at opposite ends of the latter, and the offset edges of the plate are correspondingly formed. Likewise the thickened portion of this plate has its longitudinal edges notched or recessed as at 17, and the blotting mem ber is cut to substantially correspond to these notches, so that the longitudinal edges to this member may extend into these recesses, its body bearing against the outer face of the plate.

In use, referring to the construction embraced in Figs. 1 to 6, it will be understood that a blotting member 18, is provided as aforestated with its ends corresponding substantially in shape to the recessed portions of the plate with which it is to be associated, and that the body of the former is brought to lie flush against the outer face of the 'latter, the ends of the blotting member being bent to extend into the recesses or notches aforementioned, at which points they may each be engaged by a tooth 16, providing that the latter is utilized. The plate may now be brought to a position at which its offset edges are housed within the grooves of the cover, and due to the construction adopted, it will be noted first, that the area of the blotting member may be such that it not alone covers the entire outer face of the plate, but also that it covers the inturn ed edge portions 11 of the cover. Thus it will be impossible fora surface being blotted to be smeared, due to the fact that none of the parts of the blotter, other than the blotting member, can possibly come in contact with this surface. Due to the offset edges of the carrying plate, the surface of the blotting member is at all times held, so as to prevent any possibility of this member becoming wrinkled. Also, forthe reason that a thickened portion is provided, a properand snug fit will always exist between the cover ends of the blotting member, and all parts of the plate, and consequently none of these parts will become distorted' Upon it being desired to separate the blotting; member from the carrying plate, it will be obvious that this may be accomplished with the expenditure of a minimum of time and effort, in that it will only be necessary to slide the plate and cover in opposite directions with respect to each other, thus separatingthese parts and rendering the blotting member readily accessible for the purposes of removal and renewal. As aforestated', the construction in Figs. 7 to 10, embraces a cover formed with inturned edge portions to provide grooves adjacent its opposite edges, but it will become apparent upon examination of these views that the same illustrates a moresimple embodiment of the invention than that which is embraced in Figs. 1 to 6. By the, construction shown in the figures first referred to, the carrying plate may be entirely dispensed with, the attachment between, this element and the blotting member being in this instance accomplished by direct engagement ofthe edges of the blotting member 18 with the grooves 12, provided bythe i'nturned edge portions 11 of the cover plate, it being obvious that these parts are attached to, or detached from one another, by simply sliding the same in opposite directions; 7

With a view of providing a blotting member which may readily be manipulated to insure a thorough blotting of the surface to which the blotter is applied, it will be noted that the cover may be curved so that this element, as well as the blotting member car-- riedrthereby, will have a rocking contact with the surface to be blotted, and this curvature is preferablytransverse of the cover, so that an operator by simply pressing his fingers against the upper face of this member, will be capable of rocking the same with a minimum amount of effort, it being obvious that a thorough contact will thus be established between the blotting member and the surface being blotted at all points. Also it will be noted, referring to Figs. 7 to 10, that similarly as in Figs. 1 and 2, and 5 and 6, the inturned edge portions of the same may be formed on either the longitudinal or end edges of the cover, as is found to be most ing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Thus, it will be apparent that the objects of this invention are accomplished, and it is to be understood that'the following claims are intended to cover'all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim'as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A blotter, includinga cover, formed with a pair of grooves, and a blotter carrying plate having two of its edges extending grooves, said plate being formed into said with offset portions adjacent said edges.

2. A blotter, including a cover, having its edges inturned to provide grooves, and a blotter carrying plate formed with offset edge portions adapted to extend into said grooves, the thickness of said offset portions being substantially equal to the thickness of said inturned edge/portions.

3; 'A blotter, including acover, formed with grooves, a blotter carrying plate formed with offset edge portions extending into said grooves, and athickened portion forming a part of said plate, the depth of said thickened portion being substantially equal to the thickness of said offset edge portions.

4. A blotter, including a cover formed with grooves, a blotter carrying plate formed with ofi'set edge portions adapted to extend into said grooves, and a supplemental plate attached to said first named a plate, and being of a thickness substantially equal to the'depth of the offset aforementioned.

5.- A blotter, including a cover formed with inturned edges providing grooves, a blotter carrying plate adapted to extend into said grooves, a thickened portion forming a part of said plate, the distance between certain of-the edgesof said thickened portion being less than the distance between the edges of said inturned'portions.

6. A blotter, including a cover, a plate movable with respect to said cover, a thickened portion forming a part of said plate, certain of the edges ofsaid thickened portion being recessed to present surfaces extending substantially parallel to the outer face of said plate, and a sheet of blotting; material disposed adjacent the outer plate,

face and having certain of its edges extending into said recesses.

7, A blotter, including a cover, a plate carried by said cover, a supplemental platecarried by said first named plate, the ends of said supplemental plate being notched.

8. A blotter, including a cover, a sheet metal plate carried by said cover and movable with respect to the same, and a tooth struck out of said plate and adapted to engage a blotting member carried thereby. 9.'A blotter, including a cover, formed with inturned edge portions to provide opposed grooves, a blotter carrying plate formed with offset edge portions extending into said grooves, a thickened portion forming a part of said plate, and being of a width less than the distance between the inturned edge portions, the degree of offset of said plate being substantially equal to the thickness of said inturned edge portions, the hei ht of the thickened portion of said plate being substantially equal to the amount of offset aforementioned.

10. A blotter, including a cover, formed with inturned edge portions to provide opposed grooves, a blotter carrying plate formed with ofl'set edge port-ions extending into said grooves, a thickened portion forming a part of said plate, and being of a width less than the distance between the inturned edge'portions, thedegree ofofl'set of said plate being substantially equal to the thickness of said inturned edge portions, the height of the thickened portion of said plate being substantially equal to the amount of ofiset aforementioned, the end edges of the'thickened'portion being notched and being adapted to accommodate the'ends of a blotting member carried by said plate.

11. A blotter, including a cover, formed with inturned edge portions to provide opposed grooves, a blotter carrying plate formed with offset edge portions extending i of a blotting member carried by said plate,

and a, tooth forming a part of said plate. and positioned within the notched portion: thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

RALPH H. BINNS. o

Witnesses:

JOHN H. SMoD, M. A. GASHIN. 

